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[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So the way I understand it is the locals probably wouldn't have climbed it because several Himalayan peaks are sacred, but I am probably wrong.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Several are sacred, but there are sometimes traditions of climbing them for religious purposes (mostly in times of desperation).

You know, famine stalks the land so you climb the forbidden mountain to beg the gods for mercy.

But those things are usually remembered in oral history and we've got no record of that.